238 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MADE OF BONES. 



instrument. Inside the tube, formed by scraping out the cellular por- 

 tion of the bone, and opposite the lateral opening, a mass of asphaltum has 

 been placed in such a position and of such size as to leave but a small space 

 above or below the lateral opening. In iising this instrument both tubes 

 were probably blown into at the same time. The figure of this interesting 

 double whistle gives a better idea of its character than can be conveyed by 

 further description. On some of the specimens large pieces of shell have 

 been partially embedded in the mass of asphaltum, probably for ornament; 

 and on one there is a small string of shell beads wound round the base of 

 the whistle (P. M. 13116-21, 13529, 14830). A single whistle, also, made 

 of the tibia of a deer, but with the mouth-part at the opposite end, was ob- 

 tained by Mr. Bowers on Santa Cruz Island (P. M. 13769). The graves at 

 the "Isthmus" were particularly rich in small whistles (P. M. 13122-3) 

 made of bones of birds, and having a single lateral hole, which in some 

 was near the mouth-end, and in others near the centre of the instrument. 

 Most of these have one end of the bone closed with asphaltum ; in a few 

 both ends are open. They are all provided with the asphaltum "stop" op- 

 posite or just below the lateral opening. Many of these small whistles are 

 more or less coated with asphaltum, and several have been ornamented 

 with small shell beads, like those shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, of Plate XII. 

 Whistles of this same character, of which Figs. 116 and 117 are representa- 

 tions, were also obtained from the island of San Clemente (P. M. 13530) 

 by Mr. Schumacher, and on the mainland at Santa Inez (P. M. 13822-3) 

 by Mr. Bowers.— F. W. P.] 



